Shutter-worker



(No Model.)

T. A. MYERS.

SHUTTER WORKER.

No. 298,702. Patented May 13, 1884.

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THEODORE A. MYERS, OF W'HEELING, \VEST VIRGINIA.

SH UTTER- -WO RKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 298,702, dated May 13,. 1884.

Application filed March 6, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE A. MYERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Workers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of shutter-workers.

The object of the invention is to utilize a pair of bevel gear-wheels attached to that part of the shutter-hinge which is fast to the window-frame, and to combine therewith a hinge pintle having an upper end onto which the other part of the hinge may slide or set down around, but will not turn.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the shutter-worker applied. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are views of that part of the hinge designed for attachment to the window-frame. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of that part of the hinge designed for attachment to the shutter. Fig. 7 is a view of the hinge-pintle separate. Fig. 8 is a view of the shutter-worker complete, the parts shown in heavy black being in section.

The letter A designates that part of the shutter-hinge which isdesigned for attachment to the window-frame B, and A that part which is for the shutter G. The part A has a round hole, a, in which turns the lower or round part, a, of the pintle. The upper end of the pintle is larger than the lower round part and serves as a head to keep it from dropping out of the round hole. It is also square, as at b, and occupies the square hole I) in the part A. Thus the hinge part A may set down around the upper end of this pintle, but cannot turn thereon. The lower end, (1?, of the pintle projects below the hinge part A, and has abevelgear, 0, made fast thereto in any suitable way. The design is to send the article from the factory with the hinge part A, pintle a b, and bevel-gear c all attached together, as shown in Fig. 3. By this assembly of parts the liability of either separate piece being lost is obviated and the putting of the device on a shutter by a carpenter is facilitated. A shaft, E, extends horizontally through the window-frame or wall, and has secured on the outer end a bevel-gear, d, which meshes with the other gear, 0. A collar, e, is slipped over the outer end of the shaft before the gear (1 is secured, and said collar serves as a bearing for the hub of the gear to turn on and keeps the two gears meshed or engaged with each other. On the inner side of the window-frame is a plate, f, which has a pivoted drop-clutch, g, and the shaft has secured to it on its inner end and next to the plate f a cog-wheel, h. The free end of drop-clutch g may thus engage with any of the notches on the cog-wheel, and when so engaged will hold the shaftE from turning, and thereby the shutter 0 may be set and retained at any desired position. A handle, I, on the shaft serves as a grasp for the hand.

An advantage of this shutter-worker is that while the shutter may be controlled from the inside of the house it may also be lifted off the hinge at any time, to be cleaned, just as readily as when the ordinary style shutter-hinge is "used.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States A shutter-w0rker having a hinge part, A, for the window-frame, with a round hole, a,

for the pintle, a pintle having its lower part I round, to fit the said hole, and its upper end, I), square and larger than the round part, a hinge part, A, for the shutter, having a square hole, b, a bevel-gear on the round part of the pintle, another gear meshing therewith and mounted on a shaft to extend through the frame or wall, and means on the inner end of the shaft to hold it from turning, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE A. MYERS. \Vitnesses:

J. R. Cowman, ALEX. MoRnrsoN. 

